CURTAIN AIRBAG
First Claim
1. A curtain airbag for a vehicle, comprising:
- a serial main chamber that is capable of being inflated and deployed along a vehicle cabin side face;
a delay chamber that is positioned at a front end section of the serial main chamber and that is inflated and deployed with delay with respect to the main chamber so as to overlap an A1 impact point below an A-pillar of the vehicle, the A1 impact point being defined as a center point of an outline of an impactor head projected onto the vehicle cabin side face and disposed so as to contact in upper and lower forward quadrants of a window of the vehicle a perimeter line offset 25 mm perpendicularly inward from a frame of the window; and
a first tab that fixes an upper edge of the delay chamber to the A-pillar, whereinthe first tab is provided at a position overlapping a straight line that is provided on the shortest way from the A1 impact point to the A-pillar, as viewed from inside the vehicle cabin.
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Abstract
A curtain airbag mitigating possible occupant ejection from a vehicle. The curtain airbag includes a serial main chamber that is capable of being inflated and deployed along a vehicle cabin side face; a delay chamber that is positioned at a front end section of the serial main chamber and that is inflated and deployed so as to overlap an A1 impact point below an A-pillar of the vehicle; and an ace tab that fixes the upper edge of the delay chamber to the A-pillar. The ace tab is provided at a position overlapping a straight line LS that is provided on the shortest way from the A1 impact point to the A-pillar, as viewed from inside the vehicle cabin.
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6 Claims
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1. A curtain airbag for a vehicle, comprising:
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a serial main chamber that is capable of being inflated and deployed along a vehicle cabin side face; a delay chamber that is positioned at a front end section of the serial main chamber and that is inflated and deployed with delay with respect to the main chamber so as to overlap an A1 impact point below an A-pillar of the vehicle, the A1 impact point being defined as a center point of an outline of an impactor head projected onto the vehicle cabin side face and disposed so as to contact in upper and lower forward quadrants of a window of the vehicle a perimeter line offset 25 mm perpendicularly inward from a frame of the window; and a first tab that fixes an upper edge of the delay chamber to the A-pillar, wherein the first tab is provided at a position overlapping a straight line that is provided on the shortest way from the A1 impact point to the A-pillar, as viewed from inside the vehicle cabin. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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